Framesaw Day Class

10am-6pm

An introduction to the core skills of joinery, whilst making your own beautiful frame saw. Suitable for absolute beginners.

Framesaws are an ingenious, versatile design using the tensile strength of the wood and a french twist to hold the cutting blade in tension. This allows the use of a thin blade that can be used to cut curves, as well as thicker blades for cutting straight lines. The blade can be easily adjusted and changed to suit the task at hand, making them a fantastic tool for spoon carving as well as classic joinery.

You will leave this class with a fully functional, traditional framesaw of your own making, using classic blind mortise and tenon joints. We also teach you how to prep your materials – making the wood true and square, and how to mark out and cut joints using traditional tools & techniques.

The process covers accurate & efficient use of handsaws, planes and chisels, as well as tool maintenance and sharpening.

Joinery is a core aspect of woodwork – to the extent that it may be the only aspect that the average person is are aware of. At the Green Wood Guild we know that this is not the case, but we hugely value the role joinery plays in our craft.

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CLASS DATES CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED ONCE BOOKED

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A one day introduction to bowl carving

10am to 6pm

Learn to make a beautiful wooden bowl from native green hardwood using ancient hand tools. The adze, used to hollow out the bowl, has been in our culture since the stone age and is a wonderful introduction to the other traditional edge tools used to create your bowl. Over the course of the day you will use an axe, drawknife and pushknife to shape the outside of the bowl, and a gouge, scorp and hook knife to refine the inside.

In addition to giving you an introduction to a variety of hand tools, this course will give you a real insight into the three dimensional functionality of an object which has been used by humans for thousands of years.

Our bowl carving course runs from 10:00 to 18:00, during which time you will learn many different carving techniques, learn about how green wood differs from seasoned wood, and of course, at the end of the day you will take home a beautiful, functional wooden bowl.

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Saturday & Sunday 10-6pm

Make a beautiful dovetail spoon box from native hardwood, using only hand tools, complete with dovetail joints. Perfect for absolute beginners.

On this course you will be introduced to the basics of joinery. Over the weekend you will learn to plane a hardwood log into smooth, straight planks, cut precise dovetail joints and finally assemble together a beautiful hand-crafted wooden box, without the need for glue, nails or modern power tools.

Joinery is a core aspect of woodwork – to the extent that it may be the only aspect that lay people are aware of. At the greenwood guild we know that this is not the case, but we still hugely value the role joinery plays in our craft. In this class you will learn to use handsaws, planes and chisels accurately and efficiently, as well as tool maintenance and sharpening.

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CLASS DATES CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED ONCE BOOKED

One day workshop 9am to 5pm

These Bladesmithing classes taught by Tom at the Green Wood Guild guide you through making your very own carving knife. Being able to take a rough bit of stock steel and turn it into a beautifully functioning edge tool is extremely satisfying, and very empowering!

On this one-day class you will learn how to make a ‘straight’ knife, the perfect wood carving tool used for everything from spoons to shrink pots, as well as being useful in many other larger projects. This class is suitable for people with no tool making experience. You will forge and sharpen your own blade, as well as carving the handle, and weaving a bark sheath to protect it, walking away with a beautiful new tool!

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CLASS DATES CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED ONCE BOOKED

Sat & Sun | 10-6pm

Make a beautiful bench from recycled timber, using classic woodworking techniques. All exclusively with the use of hand tools, complete with drawbore joints and tapered mortise and tenons. Suitable for absolute beginners.

Over the weekend you will shape your legs, form solid joints and use a scorching technique to take a recycled scaffold plank to a gorgeous burnt finish. Leaving with a completed bench, without the need for nails or power tools.

Joinery is a core aspect of woodwork – to the extent that it may be the only aspect that the average person is aware of. At the Green Wood Guild we know that this is not the case, but we hugely value the role joinery plays in our craft. In this class you will learn to use shavehorses and drawknives, tapered tenon cutters, and reamers, as well as how to drill with accuracy, and how to use drawbore joints, one of our favourite joints here at the Green Wood Guild.

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10am to 4pm

Turn an Old Axe Head into a Beautiful Carving Hatchet

Spend a day taking a stock axe head, carving & fitting a new wooden handle and honing it to a razor sharp edge, before learning to use it by carving a classic wooden tent peg!

The axe is the quintessential woodworking accessory and one of the oldest tools used by mankind.

In this class you’ll use traditional hand tools such as the draw knife and sloyd knife to carve a handle from sturdy ash wood, before learning how to haft it to your axe head, fitting with a wooden wedge and finishing with Swedish linseed oil.

We’ll then sharpen and polish your axe and finish by carving a tent peg as you learn the key skills of traditional axe carving.

You’ll take your new carving axe home with you, and we’ll also discuss some of the basics of tool restoration, maintenance and what makes a good carving axe.

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Weekend Workshop

Saturday & Sunday, 10 – 6

Perfect for absolute beginners.

Over two days, master the basics of furniture making, as you craft a simple, robust and beautiful 3-legged stool from split chestnut and seasoned hardwood!

On this course you can learn the key skills and techniques of traditional furniture making, including using shavehorses and drawknives, cutting simple mortise & tenon joints, drilling holes with an auger, making wedges and shaping a plank using planes and spoke shaves.

ALL COURSE BOOKINGS ARE NON REFUNDABLE

CLASS DATES CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED ONCE BOOKED

Weekend Workshop

Saturday & Sunday, 10 – 6

Perfect for absolute beginners.

Over two days, master some basics of furniture making, as you craft a beautiful frame stool from split chestnut and recycled bicycle inner tubes.

On this course you can learn some key skills and techniques of traditional furniture making, including using shavehorses and drawknives, cutting simple mortise & tenon joints, drilling holes, and basic weaving techniques.

ALL COURSE BOOKINGS ARE NON REFUNDABLE

CLASS DATES CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED ONCE BOOKED

10am to 4pm

An introduction to Leatherwork. Come and make a beautiful axe sheath for an axe of your choice

Spend a day learning the process of leatherwork with Peter Kovacs.

The axe is the quintessential woodworking accessory and one of the oldest tools used by mankind, and a good sheath to keep your edge razor sharp is essential.

In this class you’ll learn how to stain and treat vegetable tanned leather, and master the traditional saddle stitching technique, using traditional leather working tools to craft a leather sheath for your trusty carving axe. A really lovely follow on class from our axe hafting workshop!